Why Props Matter

November 3, 2016, 06:20 AM

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A look at the hidden power of props, by Rishi Kaneria of the Raging Cinema Blog. At a Q&A I was at once with editor Arthur Schmidt he was asked something along the lines of "How do you choose what to cut out when you have a great actor like Tom Hanks and a great director like Robert Zemeckis?" I'm paraphrasing Arthur's answer. It was something like "when you have a great director, a great actor, great cinematography, costumes, sets, composers, and when basically everyone around you...